I have made a re-simulation using noteperformer due to less than satisfactory rendering of sound samples in musescore
Huge efforts had been put in from getting the parts from Fleisher to notation input into musescore. I tried my best to polish the music to make it more 'listenable'.
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RISM.info has 313 entries (not necessarily all different works, of course) under Aloys Schmitt, by the way. The first that shows up is an oratorio Moses, e.g. , then concerto Op.60 in a, ...
(It's a useful site...)
Also see this RISM entry (https://opac.rism.info/id/rismid/rism455008535) of a concertino (by 1815-17, performed 1842?) HenS II.6 (the Henkel cataloguing system for Schmitt's works) in D major, I forget if we listed that one or if it's new to us...
QuoteRISM.info has 313 entries (not necessarily all different works, of course) under Aloys Schmitt, by the way.
Correct, Eric. But not all of them relate to the Aloys Schmitt we are discussing here. He has 272 entries. As you say, a useful resource nonetheless.
true, though the site does try to separate the entries that are known to belong to other composers of the same name into separate listings. However, the best they - and others - can sometimes do is guess. (Sometimes RISM's guesses are rather odd, as when they attribute something to a composer who was not yet born or long dead when a work was composed; but they are not alone in this.)
I am posting a remastered version one year later, also getting into public exposure. This is a fine work in Beethovenian vein, the motif is obviously derived from the fate motif with an additional note. At its time of composition, it was rather backward-looking.
1. Alllegro con brio
Thanks very much, Tsou, this is a most effective and attractive movement. Dare we hope for the other two?
Quote from: Mark Thomas on Saturday 04 April 2026, 10:51Thanks very much, Tsou, this is a most effective and attractive movement. Dare we hope for the other two?
Sure, they are on the way. Here is the 2nd movement
2. Andante con moto
That's great news. Many thanks again, Tsou.
The final movement is ready to listen now, a thrilling and rewarding ride!
3. Allegro vivoBut that's not all!
There are more works by Aloys Schmitt that will be remastered and released in the near future:
2 more published piano concertinos, which one already simulated but not remastered, another one yet to be typesetted.
1 unpublished piano concertino, not yet remastered
possibly 1 or 2 variation works for piano and orchestra
Wow, so quick! That's great, thanks once again.
I really enjoyed listening to this - full of energy!